The noisy thunderstorms overnight created problems on the roadways, power outages and downed trees in many neighborhoods Thursday morning.

The noisy thunderstorms overnight created problems on the roadways, power outages and downed trees in many neighborhoods Thursday morning.

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Updated: 5:31 PM EDT Jun 19, 2014

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WEBVTT THIS TIME YESTERDAY. WE ARE LOOKING AT REALLY NICE WEATHER HEADED OUR WAY ON FRIDAY. TOMORROW IS A DRAMATICALLY DIFFERENT WAY. UNFORTUNATELY, A LOT OF DAMAGE AROUND FROM ALL OF THE LIGHTNING AROUND LAST NIGHT. 11 NEWS REPORTER LOWELL MELSER JOINS US LIVE FROM MIDDLE RIVER WHERE A HOUSE WAS HIT EARLY THIS MORNING. THOSE STORMS THIS MORNING WERE JUST LIGHTING UP THE SKY. YES, THEY WERE. I PERSONALLY WAS SLEEPING AND I THINK IT WILL THEM UP. -- AND I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE. IT WILL COME UP. A LOT OF LIGHTNING ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE STORMS. UNFORTUNATELY, WE ARE SEEING SCENES LIKE THIS ONE HERE IN MIDDLE RIVER. THE SCARIEST THING TO GO THROUGH. WAKING UP OUT OF YOUR DEAD SLEEP JUST TO HEAR THAT. IT WAS A WAKE-UP CALL KATIE OR ZACH AND THE REST OF HER FAMILY WILL NEVER FORGET. A LINE OF POWERFUL THUNDERSTORMS MOVED THROUGH THE GREATER BALTIMORE AREA. A POWERFUL BOLT HIT HER HOME. HER FATHER IMMEDIATELY ASSESSED THE SITUATION FROM THE OUTSIDE AND NOTICED A GLOW COMING FROM THE ATTIC OF THE HOME. IT WAS TIME FOR US TO GET THE HECK OUT OF THE HOUSE. THE NEIGHBORS WERE SCREAMING, YET OUT, GET OUT! THE ROOF IS ON FIRE. THANKFULLY THE WHOLE FAMILY, INCLUDING TWO GRANDKIDS, GOT OUT SAFELY. BUT THE HOME WAS A TOTAL LOSS. YOU WAKE UP, IT IS LIKE A BAD DREAM. BUT IT IS REALITY. IT TAKES -- IT KICKED IN. IN MONCKTON, A SIMILAR STORY AS THE STORMS PASSED THROUGH. IT STARTLED ME. I HAVE SEEN A LOT OF STORMS. IT WAS SO LOUD AND THE FLASH WAS SO BRIGHT. BRIAN MCMILLAN HAD JUST RETURNED HOME FROM WORK WHEN A BOLT OF LIGHTNING CAME DOWN. HIS HOUSE WAS NOT HIT. HE NOTICED SOMETHING UP THE STREET AT THE MONKTON UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. I COULD SEE A GLOW. THEN I COULD SEE SOME SPARKS. I WALKED UP THE YARD. THEN I SAW THE STEEPLE WAS ON FIRE. I IMMEDIATELY CALLED 911. THANKS TO MCMILLAN BEING IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME, HE VIRTUALLY SAVED THE CHURCH. IT IS A TREMENDOUS MERKEL. IT IS A BLESSING. IT COULD HAVE BEEN A WHOLE LOT WORSE. -- IT IS A TREMENDOUS MIRACLE. TWO ALSO LIGHTNING. TWO MIRACLES INDEED. WE JUST TRIED TO GET OUT. GOD IS AMAZING. THEY SAY LIGHTNING RARELY STRIKES TWICE. IRONICALLY ON THIS BLOCK IT HAS. SEVERAL YEARS AGO, ANOTHER HOUSESITTER WAS HIT BY LIGHTNING AND BURNS TO THE GROUND. -- ANOTHER HOUSE HERE WAS HIT BY LIGHTNING AND BURNED TO THE GROUND. THE OWNER DOESN'T HAVE INSURANCE AND EXPECTS TO MOVE BACK TO NINE MONTHS FROM NOW.

Wild thunderstorms wake many, cause damage

The noisy thunderstorms overnight created problems on the roadways, power outages and downed trees in many neighborhoods Thursday morning.